Swiss People's Party

The Swiss People's Party (SVP) is a right-wing populist political party in Switzerland that was founded in 1971. The SVP supported the preservation of Switzerland's political sovereignty and a conservative society; it opposed foreign interventions, opposed immigration and the extension of social welfare to migrants, supported supply-side economics, opposed deficit spending and high taxes, rejected the expansion of the welfare state, and opposed governmental measures for environmental protection. By the 2000s, the SVP had overcome internal difficulties to become the strongest party in Switzerland.